Sanford adams



s.AnAMs. MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE SCREENS, &c.

No. 79,176. Patented Jun@ 23,; i868.

se Nro no ADAMS, orl Boeren MASSAGHUSETTS.'

Letters .Patent No; 79,176,'dated June 2 3,' 1868.

v'IlltilPROlIED MAUHINE FOR MAKING SCREENS, dto.

To vALL vWHQM IT ivIA'r C ONGERNf Be it' known that I, SANFORD Ansus, of Boston, in the colinty of, Suffolk', in the 4State of Massaehu'setts, have invented new alnd improved Tools for the Purpose of vMaking WireRiddles 4:end Screens; and I do hereby declare th'at the following is 'a full' and exact de'script'ion'thereof, reference beinghad'f to the` aecoinpimyi'ng drawings, and' to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l is o plnn of o. riddle or screen held in the jaws B C. i Figure 2, a section upon .the line L L' of n'g. 1 ,V showing. the-manner' in 'which the 'screen-is heldfiu vthejews or vise 'while the wire a is being bent into its properpostion.

Figure 3 shows the toolusedfor rolling the wire lacing a adown between 'the parallel w'res of the screen, and also the position and shape ofthe lacing-wire a a before4 and after the tool G- has been rolled oyer it'. Like letters Art'elttresent'lik'e parts in 'al1 the figures.

' '.lhe Vnature of, my'invention consists` in constructing n tool in snch a manner that by it the lacing-wire in screens or riddles may easily, rapidly, and cectually be'bent. down between -th'e parallel wires'to 'keep them' in position; alsoin constructing' jaws and guides in such .n manner that thev screens are held firmly in 'position while being laced land fasten-ed. i To enableothcrs'skilled in the-art to make andu'se my invention, I will proceed :tn describe its construction und operation.

lInjthe said drwin'gs, A `LA is the frame of the screen. b b are the parallel wires. c c c are the cross-.wires', to which the parallel wires` are festened.. a a a arethe lading-wires.' B and C are jaws, which hold the 'screen whilebeing laeed.- F F'are guides, which holdthe paraii'ei wires at equl distances apart, (whilc'bei'ng lacetL) by meansfof recesses, either square srv-shaped, out into the 'upper edg'e'of 'the'guides, as shownin iig'. 2.

I I are-connections, which. hold the guide/s F F together and Vkeep them in an upright position. w E'E are bolts, by which 'the jews B'nnd .C are drawn-together.. D D .are nuts', by which -the jawsare tightenednpon the screen.

G is therevolving crimper, with teeth 'n n andspurs n: w'. The crimper G is heldin the handle H, and turns on the p in'J.

' Operation. lhe jans B and C, when' h1'ongh't together, force the parallel wire'sbbixrto the notches in the guidsE F as `shown in iig. 2, and tho'psjallel wires are held firmly in their places, while being laced and rolled, b'y`the` criinper G.

T heguide's bcing fastened together bythe c onneet'ionsI'I', are alnaysheldin anuprjigi'lt position Between vthe ja\rs and' C, ready to-recei'vo the parallel wi-res'whenerer they' are plafced-onl'then1."

'l'he'laeing-wire aa, when irstfputon, takes the shape'as shown on .'the left of iig. 3, hut by rolling and. pressingfthe'revolving orimper G alongv the lacing-wire a q, the teeth nun nien the orimpel'" force the lacingv wire down hetvre'en the porallel wires Z b 11, and .h old -thomiir'mlyl nposition, as':`sl1own 'on the rightf'lhand' part' .ofig.'3. i VThe crimper G is p'rorded (in addition tothe teeth n n) with long spurs, a; z x, Awhich reach down hctweenr the parallel wires b b, and guidethe'crimper Galong on' the lacing-wire a a, bringing the teeth n '1t n o'n to ,the lacing-wire a a between 'the parallel wires. 'lhus the lacingdvire is eiectua'lly erimp'ed-:upo'n'the parallel nires, and holds all. the wires of the, screen -firmly in position. What I claim as' my invention, an'ddes'ire to secure by-Letters Patent, is' Y 1. The ,reyolvingcrimper G rfprovided with teethin'n @either with-or without spurs :n z, when arranged andoperated substantially as "escribed, and for the purpose' set forth.

'2. '.Ihe4 jaws B and C,'\'rh en arranged to hold-the parallel wires 4into thel 'gudes'F substantially as '-'deseribedand set'forth.v

El; Connectngzthe guides .F F together 'bythe connectinglpeces II, to keep them in position, subs'tel'xe tially as and for "thefpurposeV s't forth. l

A f 1'sANFoRDADAMs.j Witnesses.,

. A. G. H. Woon,

M. Mossa, Jr. Y 

